The making of a poem
Subtitle: a Norton anthology of poetic forms
By: edited by Mark Strand and Eavan Boland.
Contributors: Strand, Mark, 1934-; Boland, Eavan.
Edition: Norton pbk. ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780393321784
Subjects: English poetry; American poetry; Literary form
Description: "Two of our foremost poets provide here a lucid, straightforward primer that "looks squarely at some of the headaches and mysteries of poetic form": a book for readers who have always felt that an understanding of form (sonnet, ballad, villanelle, sestina, among others) would enhance their appreciation of poetry. Tracing "the exuberant history of forms," they devote one chapter to each form, offering explanation, close reading, and a rich selection of examplars that amply demonstrate the power and possibility of that form. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: I: Verse forms: Overview: Fillanelle; title: Sestina; title: Pantoum; title: Sonnet; title: Ballad; title: Blank verse; title: Heroic couplet; title: Stanza; title: II: Meter; title: III: Shaping forms: Elegy; title: Pastoral; title: Ode; title: IV: Open forms.